Submitted by milehigh2084 t3_ymb15h in washingtondc
milehigh2084 OP t1_iv2zhbn wrote
Reply to comment by keyedinn052 in apartment leasing agreement by milehigh2084
Awesome thanks! My rent increased but the notice only went out with 60 days notice, should have been 75 days of I read it correctly!
violet-shift t1_iv5i40l wrote
> Awesome thanks! My rent increased but the notice only went out with 60 days notice, should have been 75 days of I read it correctly!
This is technically correct -- per the DC code, if you're required to give 60 days notice before vacating the property, they're required to give you 75 days notice before a rent increase.
However, if your lease ended 12/1 and they gave you the notice on 9/2, they actually gave you 90 days notice. So the rent increase is allowed by those rules.
Secondly, if you gave them notice on 10/8, you're on the hook til 12/8. Thus, the extra 8 days they're requiring you to pay. That would be true even if the rent increase was incorrect some how.
Finally, they are required to try to mitigate damages in a reasonable way. That is, they do have some responsibility for attempting to lease the apartment once you've given notice that you're leaving; they can't just have the apartment be empty for months after you've gone and charge you without attempting to let it. However, I don't think that really applies to your case, right? It's a relatively short notice and you're only on the hook for 8 days.
milehigh2084 OP t1_iv9vqjs wrote
That's what's I was told via email, that I was responsible for 8 days. I am hoping that's is it and I'll know if that's is that Monday. So if I am paying for those 8 extra days, I don't have to move out per agreement on my lease until that 8 days are up?
milehigh2084 OP t1_ixc91o0 wrote
So I just saw an email from my rent payment portal for the charge of next month's bill. I have it on email from them that I can still move out but pay the 8 days..not sure if that's an error or they are charging me the whole month...anything I can do if that if that is the case?
milehigh2084 OP t1_ixel8zs wrote
I agreed to pay up to the 12/8 date but the rent portal shows otherwise.
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